First Vintage Straights

[Mojo88]

I have been using a DE and decided to take the straight plunge. I bought a shave ready Dovo and wanted to pick up a couple vintage blades to practice honing and stropping. I found these and and picked them up fo 15.00 total. I was hoping the straight experts could tell me if I made a decent purchase.

[kestrel]

mojo88

I'm looking at the second razor, the "Solinger Facharbeit", just below where the shank joins the blade. Is that a crack or a scratch?

Apart from that one questionable mark both look good. I think you did well.

Best Regards

Graham

[Mojo88]

Thanks Graham, It is a scratch that looks worse in the picture.

[netsurfr]

Nice acquisition! Should clean up very nicely.

[thirdeye]

Wow, that's a very nice Solinger Facharbeit. I'll bet it shaves mighty fine once it's ready to go.....

[professorchaos]

They look like they will clean up nicely. Be careful with polish on the second, would want to polish the etching and washes off.

[geoffreyt]

Id say just the scales on one of them are worth $15

[Scorpio]

Not bad at all!!!

Raf

[JohnP]

Good catch.



John P.